Scout camp
Peter Vaughan
GLOBECAR CAMPSCOUT ELEGANCE
Price from: £55,755
Berths: 2 Travel seats: 4
Base vehicle: Fiat Ducato Maxi
Length: 6.36m
Gross weight: 3,500kg
Globecar is one of the largest of all campervan brands on the Continent and its models have focused on top-notch quality rather than innovation. Its popular Roadscout, Globescout and Campscout in the D Line range adopt the usual fixed bed layouts in Fiat’s 5.41m, 5.99m and 6.36m-long panel vans, with a rather conservative feel.
Not any more. For 2021, there are Elegance versions of each of those three conversions and these, which are still built in the Dethleffs factory, all but replace the D Lines for the UK. The names and the layouts are familiar, but the décor is a world apart. Fortunately, the same class-leading quality has been retained.
OPEN ALL HOURS
The Elegance ’vans have a lot more about them than a change of wood colour and a new seat fabric – called Oxford and a rather nice grey tweedstyle, for the record.
A significant change is the adoption of the Open Cab Roof Concept. This deletes the overcab shelf that for so long has been a head-bashing part of every Ducato campervan and replaces it with, umm, fresh air.
It doesn’t include a sunroof above
